The discussion of hunger has long been expressed in terms of “food security” and calories. “Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) requires that everyone, everywhere, has equitable access not only to sufficient food, but also to safe, acceptable, and nutritious food within planetary boundaries.” In fact, “one third of the world's population suffers from various types of malnutrition, undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight, and non-communicable diseases related to diet within neighbourhoods and households around the world. In this editorial, I present our arguments for why the “food security” agenda must evolve into one that is centred on nutrition nutrients and aligns with sustainability. Through concepts on food and nutrition security theory, the associations between food insecurity and unfavourable health outcomes, the idea of hidden hunger, and studies on recent policies in the United States and Brazil. We discuss how there must be change in three areas: first, from counting calories to improve diet quality and micronutrient availability, second, from emergency to sustainable approaches to food security, third, from agricultural or health provincialism to rightful food governance. This finalised essay will conclude with the hope that “nutrition-sensitive and sustainable food security”" will become normal “business as usual” rather than added fluff within research to improve our food security, as promoted by Sustainable Food Connect.
Haddad et al. (Fri,) studied this question.